5-Social-Studies-Sept

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Grade: Fifth Grade Social Studies

Month: September

Main Concept

Geography and Early Peoples of the Western Hemisphere (United States, Canada, and Latin America)

Guiding Questions

How did geography influence the development of the Western Hemisphere?

Theme/Content Skills

  • variety of landform regions in the United States.
  • the relative location of the geographic regions of North America
  • the major rivers and lakes in the United States.
  • climate and vegetation regions inthe United States.
  • the physical system changes, such as seasons, climate, and weather, that produce identifiable geographic patters.

Key Terms


Global Skills:
landform, mountain range, piedmont, lea level, plateau, basin, volcano

Bodies of water:
currnt, tide, inlet, sound, tributary, drainage, basin, fall line

Climate and Vegetation:
Climate, natural vegetation, rain shadow, humidity, drought, arid, tundra, prairie savanna

Holidays

  • Labor Day ( First Monday in Sept.)
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 thru Oct. 15)


Student Outcomes

Geography:
  • Student will learn how different geological processes shaped the physical evironments of the United States.
  • Student will learn about the nations and regions of the WesternHemisphere and how they can be analyzed in terms of spatial organization, places, regions, physical settings (including natural reources).


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Assessment/Project

  • Vocabulary Journal .
  • Collages: Possible topics: Bodies of water, land forms, the states.
  • Maps (fill-ins)

Resources for Students

  • Brainpop - Searching vocabulary words would give you a variety appropriate topics.
  • Dictionaries
  • Library Books
  • Puzzle of the United States


Resources for Teachers

  • Harcourt Horizons (Red Books) Volume 1 & 2, United States History: Beginnings.
  • Harcourt Horizons (Red Books) Volume 1 & 2, United States History.
  • Blank Maps of the United States.
  • Steck-Vaughn - Maps.Globes.Graphs - An Interactive Program
  • Pearson-Scott Foresman- Student Atlas - World and United States Maps -Basic Facts on the Countries of the World - Illustrated Almanac on the 50 States and District of Columbia
  • Prentice Hall - World Explorer - The United States abnd Canada


Field Trip Suggestions

  • Museum of New York
  • Museum of Natural History
  • New York Public Library